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  • The Inevitable Penalty (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Inevitable Penalty (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
Alice's father favors Morgan, but she loves Stephen, the dissolute nephew of her. father's enemy, and they elope. The shock causes her father's death. Stephen keeps putting off the marriage ceremony and she returns to her father's home, ...See moreAlice's father favors Morgan, but she loves Stephen, the dissolute nephew of her. father's enemy, and they elope. The shock causes her father's death. Stephen keeps putting off the marriage ceremony and she returns to her father's home, not knowing her father died. Stephen hastens after her, explains that his uncle is daily expected to die and he will disinherit him if he marries her. Stephen forges a check, cashes it and is caught before he can escape. On the eve of Stephen's trial, Morgan is working late preparing the case, when a masked figure enters. At the point of a gun, he takes the evidence from Morgan and flees. Morgan pursues. The chase leads to a bedroom and Alice appears before him in negligee. Morgan obtains from Alice the stolen papers. Alice threatens with a revolver and pleads for the papers, explaining that Stephen swore to marry her if she prevents his conviction by stealing the evidence against him. Stephen, in the meantime, escapes from jail, finds Morgan and Alice in the seemingly compromising position, dares Morgan to phone for the police and sneeringly offers to let Morgan have Alice all to himself for a sum of money. Enraged at the insult to Alice and himself, Morgan almost strangles Stephen. The warden and guards arrive and Stephen is accidentally killed trying to escape. Alice faints in Morgan's arms as picture ends. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Percy Winter
Writer
Daniel Ellis (story) (as Mr. D. Ellis)
Producer
Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Oct 25, 1915
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Oct 25, 1915 (United States)

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